From Found to Functional

Project Parameters: Get one item from the recycling center and create experiments testing out all the different characteristics and properties of the material. After testing, make a functional item that uses your experiments.

Experiments Using Webbing Material

Experiment One: Made from cutting the individual sections of the webbing and separating them into strips

Experiment Two: Grommet test

Experiment Three: Used a repeated looped shape stacked on-top of its self

Experiment Four: Seared ends of the the webbing to reduce fraying

Experiment Five: Weaving test

Using these five experiments as my main inspiration for my mask, I started to make the prototype